Department of Health and Human Services September 30, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The ``Million Hearts Challenge'' is a multidisciplinary call to innovators and developers to create an application that activates and empowers patients to take charge of their cardiovascular disease. Winning entries have the potential to help patients combat the nation's leading cause of death through medication adherence, a healthier diet, and a more active lifestyle while promoting the goals of the Million Hearts campaign. The statutory authority for this challenge competition is Section 105 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-358).

As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a meeting. This meeting is open to the public. Preregistration is required for both public attendance and comment. Any individual who wishes to attend the meeting and/or participate in the public comment session should e-mail acmh@osophs.dhhs.gov.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Ivy Laboratories, Division of Ivy Animal Health, Inc. The supplemental ANADA provides for use of increased dose levels of melengestrol acetate and monensin in two-way, combination drug Type C medicated feeds for heifers fed in confinement for slaughter.

This document extends the comment period for two proposed rules published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2011. One proposed rule would implement the new Affordable Insurance Exchanges (``Exchanges''), consistent with Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, referred to collectively as the Affordable Care Act. The other proposed rule would implement standards for States related to reinsurance and risk adjustment, and for health insurance issuers related to reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment consistent with Title I of the Affordable Care Act. The comment period for both proposed rules, which would have ended on September 28, 2011, is extended to October 31, 2011.